linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] tpm: Add tpm_version

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Date:   Thu, 9 Jan 2020 14:49:35 -0700
From:   Jerry Snitselaar <jsnitsel@...hat.com>
To:     Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Peter Huewe <peterhuewe@....de>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>, linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] tpm: Add tpm_version_major sysfs file

On Sat Nov 30 19, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
>On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 06:08:26PM -0700, Jerry Snitselaar wrote:
>> On Wed Oct 30 19, Jerry Snitselaar wrote:
>> > Easily determining what TCG version a tpm device implements
>> > has been a pain point for userspace for a long time, so
>> > add a sysfs file to report the TCG major version of a tpm device.
>> >
>> > Also add an entry to Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-tpm
>> > describing the new file.
>> >
>> > Cc: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>
>> > Cc: Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>
>> > Cc: Peter Huewe <peterhuewe@....de>
>> > Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>
>> > Cc: linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org
>> > Signed-off-by: Jerry Snitselaar <jsnitsel@...hat.com>
>> > ---
>> > v4: - Change file name to tpm_version_major
>> >    - Actually display just the major version.
>> >    - change structs to tpm1_* & tpm2_*
>> >      instead of tpm12_* tpm20_*.
>> > v3: - Change file name to version_major.
>> > v2: - Fix TCG usage in commit message.
>> >    - Add entry to sysfs-class-tpm in Documentation/ABI/stable
>> >
>> > Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-tpm | 11 ++++++++
>> > drivers/char/tpm/tpm-sysfs.c             | 34 +++++++++++++++++++-----
>> > 2 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>> >
>>
>> Anyone else have feedback?
>
>I can apply this after the issues on hand have been sorted out.
>
>/Jarkko
>

Hi Jarkko,

Will this get queued up for 5.6?

Regards,
Jerry